Draft-plate.



C. J. NASH.

DRAFT PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I6. 1915.

1 11 1 Patented Jan.9,1917.

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STATE FATENT @IFFTGE GHARLES J. NASH, 9F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 UNIVERSAL DRAFT GEAE ATTACHMENT 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPQRATION 0F ILLINGIS.

DRAFT-PLATE.

Application filed April 16, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARnEs J. NAsH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of llllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft-Plates, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to draft plates for railway cars, its object being to provide a form of construction in which there is secured great strength while the massing of metal is avoided.

The invention consists in a structure hereinafter described and as illustrated the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the draft plate in perspective, Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3'is a sectional view on the broken line 3- 3 of Fig. 2.

The improved draft plate comprises front and rear draft and bailing lugs 10, ll, and a central abutment 12, which constitutes a buiiing shoulder 13, for a forward gear and a draft shoulder is for a rearward gear. A top flange 15 extends throughout the length of the plate, its forward edge being in line with the front faces of the lugs 10, .11, and abutment l2 and its rearward edge being adapted to bear against the sill to which the plate is to be attached. Bearing plates lb, 17, extend forwardly from the lug l0 and similar plates l8, 19 extend rearwardly from the lug ii and are adapted to lie against the car sill and are apertured to accommodate attaching rivets. The top flange l5,extends to the outer ends of these bearing plates and serves as braces for the lugs 10, ll. Fillets 2G, 21 similarly brace the lower ends of these lugs. intermediate oi the plates l6, l7, and oi? the plates l8, 19, there are formed hollow braces 22, 23 for further supporting and strengthening the lugs 10, 11. The abutment 12 is hollow and is provided with a bottom wall 24-, the flange 15 constituting its top wall. A horizontal web or partition extends across the chamber of this abutment. The lower portion or" the front face of the abutment is open, as shown at 26, this open- 1 "a p 'i Q eater-ding verticall the on non Specification of Letters Patent.

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to the bottom wall. The upper portion of the rearward face of the abutment, extending from the partition 25 to the flange 15, is open, as shown at 27. The closed portion 28 of the rear face of the abutment 12, being that art which is below the partition 25, constitutes a bearing to engage the car sill and is pierced to accommodate an attaching rivet.

The body portions of the draft plate, indicated by the numerals 29, 30, between the draft and butting lugs 10, 11, in the abutment 12, is located inwardly from the plane of the several sill-bearing faces and is looped inwardly, as shown at 31, 82, to form limiting stops for the gear followers. A horizontal section 33 of the body portion of the plate between the lug l0 and the abutment l2 and a similar section 3% between the abutment l2 and the lug 11 are off-set backwardly to the sill-bearing plane, these sections extending through the limiting stops 31, 32 and being pierced to receive attaching rivets. These backwardly ofiset sections are located above the horizontal median line of the draft plate and are connected with the portions .29, 30, by webs, as 35, these webs extending to the front faces of the intermediate stops. A bottom flange 36 extends backwardly from the body portions and the intermediate stops 31, 32, to the plane of the sill bearing faces.

In the construction as described, all massing of metal is avoided, the various parts of the plate being of uniform thickness, and great strength is secured by bracing the plate throughout by means various flanges, webs and partitions as described, against stresses in all directions.

As that portion of each of the limiting steps 31, 32, lying below the bachwardly Ollset portions 33, of the plate, extends above the median line of the plate and consequently above the axis of the gear with which the plate will be associated, it provides a smooth and ext nded guide tor the gear springs.

I claim as my invention;-

| f3 f1 1. draft plate ha mg draft and busing g 7 h continuons tut nal backwardly to form a bearing to engage and be secured to a support, such offset terminating at and being connected with the faces of the lugs.

2. A draft plate having stop lugs and intermediate limiting stops, the body of the plate having a horizontal section lying above its median line backwardly offset forming a channel -in its face extending across the limiting stops, the portion of such stops lo 10 cated below the channel constituting a spring guide.

CHARLES J. NASH. 

